Robert Halley

Contact Information

Education

PhD, SUNY, Stony Brook

MS, Brown University

AB, Oberlin College

Biography

Robert has devoted many years to the subjects he teaches. From 1974 to 1980 he was a geologist for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) at the Fisher Island Station in Miami Beach, Florida. He then moved to Denver, Colorado from 1980 to 1985 also with USGS. Next, from 1986 to 1988 he worked as chief for the Branch of Atlantic Marine Geology at USGS Woods Hole in Massachusetts. From 1988 to 1991 he was the center chief for the St. Petersburg Field Office in St. Petersburg, Florida. Then, he was the senior research geologist, also in St. Petersburg, Florida from 1991-2008. From 2008 to present he is a fruit farmer, viticulturist and consulting geologist.

Field Experience

Committees Assignments to Render Scientific Judgment

Reviewer for research proposals to the American Chemical Society, National Science Foundation, USGS, NURC, NOAA, National Geographic Society (1985-present)